What kind of adapter do you need? Mini DP to HDMI? Mini DP to DVI (active or passive)?

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MiniDP to DP. COnsidering nothing comes with miniDP native, other than MAcs, seems foolish for them to not have included at least SOMETHING.

It burns my balls simply because I was told they would give me one, so I wouldn't have to purchase something I needed because they could not replace my 5870 with one of the same specifications...and although they did test the card tehy sent me before shipping, they failed to put the adapter in the box, and then sent it "supposedly" using snail mail....two weeks ago.

I'm just bitter with XFX, so I apologize, but until they sort me out right, they are gonna have to deal with me talking about how they failed...not once on this RMA, but now more times than I care to admit..but they'll admit they failed, no problem.

I just pulled the trigger on 3 Asus VE247H displays and a Sapphire Active DisplayPort Adapter. I'm so bummed I can't find 2 more Asus VW266H 1920x1200 displays to match my current one - I Can't find any new online from a reputable retailer and the used ones on eBay don't interest me when I bought mine new for cheaper... sigh.

I'm getting ready to order a 6950 or 6970, likely a 6970. I'll definitely post some pics next week with the new setup :~)

I think I'm going to end up questioning why I didn't get an eyefinity / surround setup for Bad Company 2 sooner.

I just got my 6970 and monitors earlier tonight, and I've had a great experience thus far. I played Bad Company 2 for about an hour earlier and the whole time I was overwhelmed. This is going to take some getting used to, but I can see the potential benefits multiple displays has to offer.

I'm likely going to change the positioning of these monitors soon. Here are some shots of my new setup ;~)

I've decided to go back to a single monitor for gaming. I'm not stating Eyefinity isn't awesome for some games. It does seem to have its advantages and disadvantages though.

I truly thought Eyefinity would give an advantage in Bad Company 2... it doesn't for me in landscape. I can't vouch for 3 monitors in portrait but I noticed I lost so much top and bottom going to Eyefinity compared to a single 1920x1200 display. I imagine I would still be losing top & bottom even if I had 3x 1920x1200 displays instead of the 3x 1920x1080 I tried.

I use the well-known BC2 FOV calculator to adjust FOV. I use 78 for the FOV in my setting.ini file for 1920x1200. This gives me a far better gameplay and more top & bottom than any FOV setting on the Eyefinity setup. I had strange gameplay using Eyefinity in Bad Company 2 - I had to aim higher when throwing grenades and shooting 40MM's. I also seemed to move much slower when I was running.

I tried the default FOV (55) in BC2 when using Eyefinity and it was worse. I tried lowering it, raising it, nothing seemed to fix what I'm missing on top & bottom compared to a single monitor. No FOV setting I chose fixed the strange gameplay I had mentioned above. I've tried playing on Eyefinity since I got it setup Monday and I've been playing worse in BC2... It might just be me but I know for certain I play better and enjoy the higher frame rates on a single monitor.

I've finally given up and I'm resorting back to a single monitor (My Asus VW266H 1920x1200).

I'm still debating on keeping the 6970 I bought for Eyefinity or going back to my 570.

I decided to hook my monitors back up yesterday after work to test this issue with the FOV. You will view the same top & bottom on your center display, Eyefinity or not. I think I thought I was adjusting my FOV in my BC2 setting.ini file but I'm pretty sure I was adjusting the setting in my backup setting.ini file in My Documents... This is my stupidity.

I think Eyefinity is great, but its just not for me though. I tried Eyefinity in BF after getting the FOV on my main display correctly, but I noticed the side monitors image was distorted and stretched. It's weird, you can look at one of the side screens, then turn to what you're seeing on your side screen with your main screen and the image looks completely different on your main screen compared to your side screen. Yeah, I could see more left & right with Eyefinity but the image on the side monitors for me was too distorted for it to really give an advantage.

I think the info below could be useful to anyone considering an Eyefinity setup in landscape. This info is from a discussion in the overclock.net Eyefinity club thread. These are all replies from the thread OP regarding my discussion about the distortion & stretching on the side screens.

Don't directly look at the side monitors. They are there for peripheral, not straight observation like the main one.

If you don't like that, you can go portrait mode eyefinity. It's gonna make games look like you're staring through a window into another reality instead of a monitor. It fixes the distorting issue, and portrait mode eyefinity is just awesome.

3x 16:10 will look less stretched than 3x 16:9, since 3x 16:10 sees less to the sides, and therefore less of the stretched part

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The distortion is a side effect of modern FOV scaling, which works much the same way that real life optics do. Wide angle lenses distort the image on the sides just like eyefinity does, and just like even single 5:4 screens does. The lesser the FOV, the lesser the effect. This is why single screen quake looks more distorted than single screen BC2. There's more FOV in quake.

There's no reasonable method of getting rid of the distortion on modern methods, since it would take too much power to post process each image to not to scale as such.

oooh I'll have to take new pics. the only one I have on this computer is an old pic before I got my third samsung and new desk. I had magazines under the monitors to level them out lol. I've since moved to a new wooden desk and sold my glass one. The screens didn't even fit on the old desk :-O. I hate to post an old shitty pic but oh well. At least I'm in the eyefinity club.

I'll get some nice new pics of my cleaner setup this weekend.

This is from February or March I think when I first set it up ghetto style. 2 samsung BX2431 and a LG flatron that I sold:

Again, sorry for the crappy pics:

I'll post a video up on youtube of when I first set it up in action playing WoW. Give me a minute.